SAS RAID Controller Cards
SAS Controllers have all but replaced SATA controllers on the mid and high-end because they are compatible with both high performance SAS hard drives and high capacity SATA drives. SAS controllers also provide for future expansion, as most cards support from 32 to 128 hard drives with the use of SAS Expanders. You also are able to use longer cables with SAS as opposed to the limitations of SATA.
You will find two classes of controller here: those that support RAID 6 (with on-board processors) and those that do not. We highly recommend RAID 6 or RAID 10 for all primary storage over 8TB for reliability reasons. The riskier RAID 5 should be reserved for secondary storage such as backups or smaller volumes.
If you need help choosing the right controller, don't hesitate to call 1-800-298-4173 or email sales@pc-pitstop.com. Everyone you reach has in-depth technical experience that comes from actually using these products. Whether you are almost ready to buy or are earlier in the process, we will take time to make sure you understand your options.
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4-port PCIe, 1xSFF-8088 internal connector, 800mhz Processor, 128mb cache. Supports up to 128 SAS or SATA drives depending on server design.
Part#:
SC-ADP2045
Support for 6Gb/s SAS and SATA hard drives. 4 port, 1 internal 8087 connector, PCIe 2.0 x8 interface, 800MHz PowerPC, 512MB Cache, RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60. No cables included.
Part#:
SC-9260-4i
Support for 6Gb/s SAS and SATA hard drives. 8 port, 2 internal 8087 connectors, PCIe 2.0 x8 interface, 800MHz PowerPC, 512MB Cache, RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60. No cables included.
Part#:
SC-9260-8i
Support for 6Gb/s SAS and SATA hard drives. 8 port, 2 internal 8087 connectors, PCIe 2.0 x8 interface, Dual Core 800MHz PowerPC, 1GB Cache, RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60. No cables included.
Part#:
SC-9265-8I
Support for 6Gb/s SAS and SATA hard drives. 8 port, 1 external 8088 connector, 1 internal 8087 connector, PCIe 2.0 x8 interface, 800MHz PowerPC, 512MB Cache, RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60. No cables included.
Part#:
SC-9280-4i4e
Support for 6Gb/s SAS and SATA hard drives. 8 port, 2 external 8088 connectors, PCIe 2.0 x8 interface, 800MHz PowerPC, 512MB Cache, RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60.
Part#:
SC-9280-8E
Support for 6Gb/s SAS and SATA hard drives. 8 port, 2 external 8088 connectors, PCIe 2.0 x8 interface, Dual 800MHz PowerPC cores, 1GB Cache, RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60.
Part#:
SC-9285-8E
Support for 6Gb/s SAS and SATA hard drives. 8 port, 2 external 8088 connectors, PCIe 2.0 x8 interface, Dual 800MHz PowerPC cores, 1GB Cache, RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60. Includes CacheVault flash cache protection (included).
Part#:
SC-9285CV-8E
Support for 6Gb/s SAS and SATA hard drives. 16 ports, 4 internal 8087 connectors, PCIe 2.0 x8 interface, 800MHz PowerPC, 512MB Cache, RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60.
Part#:
SC-9260-16i
Support for 6Gb/s SAS and SATA hard drives. 4 internal 8087 connectors, 1 external 8088 connector, PCIe 2.0 x8 interface, 800MHz PowerPC, 512MB Cache, RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60.
Part#:
SC-9280-16i4e
Support for 6Gb/s SAS and SATA hard drives. 6 internal 8087 connectors, 1 external 8088 connector, PCIe 2.0 x8 interface, 800MHz PowerPC, 512MB Cache, RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60.
Part#:
SC-9280-24i4e
8-Ports, 4 internal and 4 external, Integrated RAID 0, 1, 1E and 10E, PCIe interface. Excellent entry-level SAS controller. Requires PCI-e x8 slot. No cables included.
Part#:
SC-SAS3442E
The SAS3442X-R, PCI-X, 8-port 3Gb/s SAS controller supports RAID 0, RAID 1/1E and has 4 internal and 4 external ports and can be connected directly to 8 SAS and/or SATA hard disk drives or as many as 122 when used in systems employing SAS expanders. OEM card only, no cables. Requires a PCI-X slot.
Part#:
SC-SAS3442X
Want to get even faster performance out of your SAS expander enclosure? If you have an LSI 9280/9285 controller, you can use an SSD cache. This complete set consisting of a 1U enclosure (cable included), 4 SSDs and LSI CacheCade caching upgrade will provide a significant speed increase for your random-access (small files, database access, exchange and web servers, virtual disks) operations.
Part#:
SC-CACHECADEKIT
Want to get even faster performance out of your SAS expander enclosure? If you have an LSI 9280/9285 controller, you can use an SSD Cache. We bundle 4 SSDs (with necessary 2.5"/3.5" converters) and LSI CacheCade SSD caching upgrade for significant speed increases in random-access (small files, database access, exchange and web servers, virtual disks) operations.
Part#:
SC-CACHECADESSD
By utilizing SSDs in front of hard disk drives (HDDs) to create a high-performance controller cache of up to 512GB, CacheCade allows for very large data sets to be present in cache and deliver up to a 50X performance improvement in random-access, read-intensive applications, such as file, Web, OLTP and database server. For all MegaRAID 6gbps cards (9260, 9280 and 9285)
Part#:
SC-LSICACHECADE
LSI MegaRAID FastPath software provides a high performance I/O accelerator, designed to substantially boost transactional application throughput of multiple SSDs connected to a 6Gb/s SATA+SAS MegaRAID controller for a 2X improvement in random-access heavy applications. For all MegaRAID 6gbps cards (9260, 9280 and 9285)
Part#:
SC-LSIFASTPATH
Users can capture source volume data at designated Points-in-Time (PiT) and "restore" or "rollback" should accidental or malicious data deletion or infection occur. For all MegaRAID 6gbps cards (9260, 9280 and 9285)
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SC-LSIRECOVERY
Battery Backup Unit for 8880EM2, 9260, 9261 and 9280 controller cards. Requires Remote kit for 16 and 24 port 9260 cards (see Related Items). 72 hour backup time.
Part#:
SC-LSIBBU07
Required to use LSIiBBU07 with 16 or 24 port 9260 cards. Also works with LSIiBBU07 and LSIiBBU08.
Part#:
SC-LSI00260
Battery Backup Unit for LSI MegaRAID 9265 and 9285 cards.
Part#:
SC-LSIBBU09
LSIiBBU09 can't be mounted directly on 9285/9265 cards. This provides a daughterboard to be mounted in a separate PCI/PCIe slot, to which you can attach the BBU (works with BBU07 as well if the remote mount kit is purchased)
Part#:
SC-LSIBBUBRK
PCIe x8 interface, 6gbps, 800MHz RAID-on-Chip, 512mb cache, 2 x SFF-8087 connectors, 1 x SFF-8088 connector, Low Profile, Drivers for all Major OSs.
Part#:
SC-ARC-1880ixl8
Compatible with all Areca 16xx, 18xx and 1882 Series Controllers. Will back up cache memory for up to 72 hrs in case of disk failure or power outage.
Part#:
SC-6120T121
New 800MHz RAID-on-Chip (ROC) processor. PCIe 2.0 x8 interface, 1 internal 4-port SFF-8087 connector, 512mb cache, supports up to 4 SAS or SATA hard drives, Retail Box. (Does not support expanders.)
Part#:
SC-ARC-1213-4i
New 800MHz RAID-on-Chip (ROC) processor. PCIe 2.0 x8 interface, 1 external 4-port SFF-8088 connector, 512mb cache, supports up to 4 SAS or SATA hard drives, Retail Box. (Does not support expanders.)
Part#:
SC-ARC-1213-4X
New 800MHz RAID-on-Chip (ROC) processor. PCIe 2.0 x8 interface, 2 internal 4-port SFF-8087 connectors, 512mb cache, supports up to 8 SAS or SATA hard drives, Retail Box. (Does not support expanders.)
Part#:
SC-ARC-1223-8i
New 800MHz RAID-on-Chip (ROC) processor. PCIe 2.0 x8 interface, 2 external 4-port SFF-8088 connectors, 512mb cache, supports up to 8 SAS or SATA hard drives, Retail Box. (Does not support expanders.)
Part#:
SC-ARC-1223-8X
PCIe 2.0 x8 interface, 6gbps, Dual Core 800MHz RAID-on-Chip, 1gb cache, 2 x SFF-8087 connectors, Low Profile, Drivers for all Major OSs.
Part#:
SC-ARC-1882I
PCIe 2.0 x8 interface, 6gbps, Dual Core 800MHz RAID-on-Chip, 1gb ECC DDR3-1333 cache (optional upgrade to 4gb), 4 x SFF-8087 connectors, 1 x SFF-8088 connector, Drivers for all Major OSs.
Part#:
SC-ARC-1882IX12
PCIe 2.0 x8 interface, 6gbps, Dual Core 800MHz RAID-on-Chip, 1gb ECC DDR3-1333 cache (optional upgrade to 4gb), 4 x SFF-8087 connectors, 1 x SFF-8088 connector, Drivers for all Major OSs.
Part#:
SC-ARC-1882IX16
PCIe 2.0 x8 interface, 6gbps, Dual Core 800MHz RAID-on-Chip, 1gb ECC DDR3-1333 cache (optional upgrade to 4gb), 6 x SFF-8087 connectors, 1 x SFF-8088 connector, Drivers for all Major OSs.
Part#:
SC-ARC-1882IX24
PCIe 2.0 x8 interface, 6gbps, Dual Core 800MHz RAID-on-Chip, 1gb cache, 1 x SFF-8087 and 1 x SFF-8088 connector, Low Profile, Drivers for all Major OSs.
Part#:
SC-ARC-1882LP
PCIe 2.0 x8 interface, 6gbps, Dual Core 800MHz RAID-on-Chip, 1gb cache, 2 x SFF-8088 connectors, Low Profile, Drivers for all Major OSs.
Part#:
SC-ARC-1882X
Supports Areca 1880 Series Controllers. Cache Memory upgrade for ARC-1880ix-12, ARC-1880ix-16, ARC-1880ix-24.
Part#:
SC-ARC-62402GB
Supports Areca 1880 Series Controllers. Cache Memory upgrade for ARC-1880ix-12, ARC-1880ix-16, ARC-1880ix-24.
Part#:
SC-ARC-RMD24G8
Supports Areca 1882 Series Controllers. Cache Memory upgrade for ARC-1882ix-12, ARC-1882ix-16, ARC-1882ix-24.
Part#:
SC-ARC-82402GB
Supports Areca 1882 Series Controllers. Cache Memory upgrade for ARC-1882ix-12, ARC-1882ix-16, ARC-1882ix-24.
Part#:
SC-ARC-82404GB
Connects to all Areca controllers and provides RAID status, warnings, etc.
Part#:
SC-ARC-1000B
For ARC-1231ML, 1261ML, 1280M, 1680ix-12, 1680ix-16 and 1680ix-24 Controllers. 240pin DDR2 533 ECC. Replace the onboard memory with this module for better performance.
Part#:
SC-ARC-RMD21G
For ARC-1231ML, 1261ML, 1280ML, 1680ix-12, 1680ix-16 and 1680ix-24 controllers. 240pin DDR2 533 ECC. Replace the onboard memory with this module for better performance.
Part#:
SC-ARC-RMD22G
4 External, 4 Internal SAS/SATA Ports, PCIe 2.0 x4, RAID level 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 and JBOD. Low profile with small form factor.
Part#:
SC-RR2684
4 Internal SAS/SATA Ports, Low Profile, PCI-Express x1, RAID level 0, 1, 5, 10, JBOD, Support for Windows, Mac, Linux.
Part#:
SC-RR2640X1
4 Internal SAS/SATA Ports, Low Profile, RAID level 0,1,5,10, JBOD, Support for Windows, Mac, Linux. (Retail Box with cables that will let you connect directly to SAS hard drives)
Part#:
SC-RR2640X4
8 External SAS/SATA Ports, PCIe 2.0 x8, RAID level 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 and JBOD.
Part#:
SC-RR2722
16 External SAS/SATA Ports, PCIe 2.0 x16, RAID level 0, 1, 5, 10, 50, JBOD. Versatile low cost solution for external enclosures.
Part#:
SC-RR2744
4 Internal SAS/SATA Ports, Low Profile, RAID level 0,1,3,5,6,10, JBOD, Support for Windows, Mac, Linux.
Part#:
SC-RR4310
8 Internal SAS/SATA Ports, Low Profile, RAID level 0,1,3,5,6,10,50, JBOD, Support for Windows, Mac, Linux.
Part#:
SC-RR4320
8 External SAS/SATA Ports, Low Profile, RAID level 0,1,3,5,6,10,50, JBOD, Support for Windows, Mac, Linux.
Part#:
SC-RR4322
PCIe 2.0 x8, SAS 2.0 with 6Gb/s throughput per port, 800MHz PowerPC, 512mb cache, Supports up to 127 devices using SAS expanders, 1xSFF-8087 external connector.
Part#:
SC-9750-4I
PCIe 2.0 x8, SAS 2.0 with 6Gb/s throughput per port, 800MHz PowerPC, 512mb cache, Supports up to 127 devices using SAS expanders, 2xSFF-8087 external connectors.
Part#:
SC-9750-8I
PCIe 2.0 x8, SAS 2.0 with 6Gb/s throughput per port, 800MHz PowerPC, 512mb cache, Supports up to 127 devices using SAS expanders, 1xSFF-8087 external connector, 2xSFF-8088 external connector.
Part#:
SC-9750-4I4E
PCIe 2.0 x8, SAS 2.0 with 6Gb/s throughput per port, 800MHz PowerPC, 512mb cache, Supports up to 127 devices using SAS expanders, 2xSFF-8088 external connectors.
Part#:
SC-9750-8E
PCIe 2.0 x8, SAS 2.0 with 6Gb/s throughput per port, 800MHz PowerPC, 512mb cache, Supports up to 127 devices using SAS expanders, 4xSFF-8087 external connectors, 2xSFF-8088 external connector.
Part#:
SC-9750-16I4E
PCIe 2.0 x8, SAS 2.0 with 6Gb/s throughput per port, 800MHz PowerPC, 512mb cache, Supports up to 127 devices using SAS expanders, 6xSFF-8087 external connectors, 2xSFF-8088 external connector.
Part#:
SC-9750-24I4E
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